The Warren Buffett investment philosophy calls for a long-term investment horizon, where a five year holding period, or even longer, would fit right into the strategy. How would such a strategy have worked out for an investment into Henry Schein Inc (NASD: HSIC)? Today, we examine the outcome of a five year investment into the stock back in 2015.

HSIC 5-Year Return Details

Start date:

05/01/2015

$10,00005/01/2015

$10,02004/30/2020

End date:

04/30/2020

Start price/share:

$54.45

End price/share:

$54.56

Starting shares:

183.65

Ending shares:

183.65

Dividends reinvested/share:

$0.00

Total return:

0.20%

Average annual return:

0.04%

Starting investment:

$10,000.00

Ending investment:

$10,020.03

As we can see, the five year investment result worked out as follows, with an annualized rate of return of 0.04%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 5 years ago into $10,020.03 today (as of 04/30/2020). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 0.20% (something to think about: how might HSIC shares perform over the next 5 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]

More investment wisdom to ponder:“Confronted with a challenge to distill the secret of sound investment into three words, we venture the motto, Margin of Safety.” — Benjamin Graham